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While rumours abound about the testing phase of China's digital currency. Local media outlets believe that tests will begin sooner than expected. China’s national digital currency or as they call it, “DC/EP” has been in development for 5 years now. And there has been plenty of
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Ant Financial, the fintech subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, and founding company of AliPay, has launched its consortium blockchain. The blockhain platform dubbed "OpenChain" will support small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to deploy blockchain applications with higher efficiency and lower cost. Speaking on the project,
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The Government of China has announced members of its national blockchain committee, a team set to work on setting industrial standards within the country. According to the announcement by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the committee named "National Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Standardization
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In a bid to rid itself of its bureaucratic system, the central bank of Brazil launches a blockchain data-sharing tool on Ethereum. Banco Central do Brasil launched PIER on Ethereum-based platform, Quorum. Brazil Regulators Choose Blockchain Prior to the introduction of PIER, regulators in Brazil were overly dependent on letters
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China's Blockchain Research Institute under the auspice of the Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) has released the 17th publication of its bi-monthly public blockchain technology evaluation index. The index ranks 37 coins and tokens of the most widely used public blockchains by evaluating their total scores
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Mobile phone manufacturer HTC has taken another step into the cryptocurrency space, introducing power efficient Monero (XMR) coin mining directly on smartphones. The Taiwan-based company which made headlines following the launch of its blockchain mobile phone - the Exodus 1S in 2019, has introduced the new feature on the Exodus
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The new Forbes Billionaire List 2020 consists a total of 2,095 rich names from across the world. The cryptocurrency and blockchain industry is well represented by four (4) entrepreneurs who made their fortunes from the niche. According to the Forbes List, the richest man in the crypto sphere is
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* ₿. In collaboration with CargoSmart and China’s Shanghai Port Group, Tesla is aiming at transforming the goods importation process in China using a new blockchain application. * ₿. The companies aim at making the whole clearing process both cost and time effective. US electric car manufacturer - Tesla has partnered the Shanghai
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A former hedge fund sales lead at Goldman Sachs is using bitcoin in his investment strategy as more firms prepare for a global financial crisis. Goldman Sachs Lead Changes Investment Strategy According to Goldman Sachs hedge fund sales lead, Raoul Paul, the largest insolvency event in history could take place
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Blockchain internet browser - Brave added 1 million new users in March amid the coronavirus pandemic. The feat was announced by Brave CEO Brendan Eich in a tweet where he notes that the browser's monthly active users (MAU) had reached 13.5 million, and daily active users (DAU)
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced partnership with major blockchain and tech companies - IBM, Oracle, Hacera, and Microsoft to launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for sharing data concerning the coronavirus pandemic. The new platform dubbed "MiPasa", is developed on the Hyperledger Fabric, and seeks
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KB Kookmin, the largest bank in South Korea is set to launch a cryptocurrency custody service which would involve assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). This was confirmed according to a trademark application filed by the bank with the Korean Intellectual Property Office. The filing titled "KBDAC&